buffer
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Officials say Israel decided it needed wider buffer zones and a stepped-up military presence to protect civilian communities and soldiers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
These stocks provide an inherent buffer for a diversified portfolio.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
"The lead up to this event gave us a bit of a buffer and we just about managed to hold on at the end. It was an incredible finish," said Evans.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
As the city moves to ban wells and new state laws require buffer zones and plugging idle wells, “the relationship between residential communities and oil drilling operators has been reset,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Chavez was working the floor buffer machine in the lobby of a Manhattan apartment building.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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“Some of the buffers that helped contain crude oil prices are ebbing,” McNally told MarketWatch by email Monday from Riyadh, where he was attending the 17th International Energy Forum.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Stocks fell by a further 95 million barrels in August alone, leaving smaller buffers against additional supply disruptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
He said he would seek to leverage tax dollars to help communities better prepare for wildfires, creating buffers and hardening structures because of wildfires that will inevitably occur in certain communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
It “strengthens the banks’ capital buffers while giving the authorities more time to deal with losses and declining returns without forcing an immediate recognition and liquidation,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
I hope dese two ole buffers ’ll get away soon.’
From Old Hendrik's Tales by Arthur Owen Vaughan
Drawdowns in inventories from China to Europe to the U.S., which buffered the market in the conflict’s first seven months, have left little room for error.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"The people who are responsible for doing this in the first place seem to have got away from it, they seem to be protected and buffered and inured," Sheen said.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Champagne added that some investors are looking to replace traditional 60% stocks and 40% fixed income portfolios with ones that have 60% equities, 20% bonds and 20% in buffered ETFs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
For monthly series of Innovator buffered ETFs, the upside limit is changed upon annual reset, according to market conditions.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
Down, down the hill he went, buffered by the cool breeze.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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By buffering those short-term fluctuations, the kidney might help maintain a more consistent individual chemical profile in urine.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
It resonates more with the progress bar instead of the buffering icon.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2026
Without my boyfriend’s paycheck buffering our vibes-based accounting, it was time to face the scariest part of managing your money: the spending audit.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
NordVPN’s performance was stable, though occasional buffering occurred on congested servers during peak hours.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026
The houses on this road were crowded together and shared common walls, with small, walled yards in front buffering them from the street.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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